Hank Williams Jr. marries girlfriend Brandi in Alabama

Hank Williams Jr. marries girlfriend Brandi in Alabama

Hank Williams Jr. got married to his girlfriend Brandi on Saturday, Sept. 9, in Alabama, according to a Monday post on the country star’s Facebook page.

“Please congratulate Mr. And Mrs. Hank Williams Jr!” the post says. “Hank and Brandi were married on Sept 9, 2023, at Enon Baptist Church in Banks, Alabama in front of a small group of family and friends. A reception followed at Kendall Hall in Troy, Alabama. They had gotten engaged earlier this year on Mother’s Day. The bride and groom have known each other and been friends since 2003.”

The bride’s surname before the wedding wasn’t revealed, but she’s been pictured with the country star this year on his official social media accounts, most recently during a July 4 fishing trip. A Jan. 12 post on Williams’ Facebook and Instagram shows the couple in hunting gear, posing with a deer, and says, “Sweethearts, Hank & Brandi.”

Details about the wedding weren’t available, but Kendall Hall, a wedding and reception venue in Troy, confirmed to AL.com that the reception had taken place there.

Williams, the son of Alabama country legend Hank Williams, owns property in Troy, where he hunts and fishes. An April 10 post on his Instagram page shows Williams holding a turkey, and says, “Happy Easter to everyone from ‘The Country Boy.’ I didn’t see the Easter Bunny but I did find this big turkey down in Alabama!”

As of Tuesday morning, information about the wedding hadn’t been posted on Williams’ other social media accounts, such as Instagram and X (formerly known as Twitter).

The gossip mill has been churning over the past week or so, ever since a Facebook post by The Pure Hank Radio Show called the country star “newly engaged.” Williams, 74, didn’t confirm or deny the rumor, which began circulating after the radio show posted a photo of him with Brandi on Sept. 4. The accompanying text said, “The newly engaged outlaw country music and southern rock legend Hank Williams, Jr. alongside his beautiful and lovely fiancé Brandi.”

It’s unclear where The Pure Hank Radio Show got its information, or if the station is closely linked to the country star.

This is Williams’ fourth time at the altar, about a year and a half after the death of his third wife, Mary Jane Thomas. Thomas died in March 2022 at age 58, after suffering a collapsed lung while undergoing cosmetic surgery, according to media reports citing autopsy information from the Florida’s Palm Beach County medical examiner.

Williams and Thomas were married in 1990, and had been a couple since 1984, according to the country star’s social media posts.

“38 wonderful years she gave me,” Williams said in April 2022, paying tribute to his late wife on social media. “Her kind spirit and beautiful and endearing love carries on in the hearts of our son, Sam, grandsons Beau and Tennyson, and granddaughter Audrey Jane. Of course, she will be missed and loved by so many forever.”

Williams was married twice before, to Becky White and Gwen Yeargain, in the 1970s and ‘80s. The country star has five children: Shelton Hank Williams, who performs as Hank III; Holly Williams, Hilary Williams, Katherine “Katie” Williams-Dunning and Sam Williams. Williams-Dunning died in 2020 at age 27, in a car crash in Tennessee.

Hank Jr., a music veteran known for his rowdy blend of country and Southern rock, maintains strong ties to Alabama. He lived in Cullman during the mid-1970s, retooling his sound and image during those years and emerging with the signature record “Hank Williams Jr. and Friends.”

The artist is a favorite here and has a long history of concerts in the state, performing signature songs such as “If the South Woulda Won,’’ “That’s How We Do It in Dixie,” “Family Tradition,” “Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound” and “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight.”

Most recently, Williams played two shows here in May, at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater and The Wharf Amphitheater in Orange Beach.

For Mother’s Day 2023, Williams shared an Instagram photo of himself holding flowers at his mother’s gravesite in Montgomery. Audrey Mae Sheppard Williams, the first wife of Hank Sr., is buried at Oakwood Cemetery Annex along with the country legend, who was born and raised in Alabama.

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